Bengal reports drop in cases for two weeks : The state logged 1,012 recoveries, 801 new infections and 11 deaths

The total of active cases fell by 222 on Sunday to touch 13,111 now.: File photo

Meghdeep Bhattacharyya   |  TT  |   Calcutta   |  19.07.21 :  Bengal on Sunday reported the four consecutive weeks or 28 successive days of a drop in its total number of active Covid-19 cases, as the state logged 1,012 recoveries, 801 new infections and 11 deaths.

Sunday also marked two weeks or 14 uninterrupted days of reported new infections clocking fewer than 1,000 per day.

The total of active cases fell by 222 on Sunday to touch 13,111 now.

The daily positive confirmation rate, nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.56 per cent on Sunday, indicating a shrink in Covid-19 spread. Bengal’s recovery rate is at an all-time high of 97.95 per cent and the national rate is 97.28. The state’s mortality rate is 1.19, while that of the nation is 1.32 per cent.

In the key parameter of case growth or the percentage of growth of cases over the past week compared to the week before that, Bengal is 20th among the states, with its case growth falling by 42.1 per cent. Bengal has been able to maintain a case growth of –40 to –60 for over a month now.

Calcutta logged 92 new infections and one death. North 24-Parganas reported 72 new infections and two deaths.

Sunday was the 11th successive day since the second wave when not one of Bengal’s 23 districts reported a three-digit figure of new infections. Sixteen districts reported double-digit figures. Kalimpong, North and South Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, Birbhum and Purulia logged single-digit figures. Fifteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Sunday. Calcutta apart, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Howrah and South 24-Parganas reported just one death each.

The state now has a total of over 15.18 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was detected in March last year. It includes 14.87 lakh recoveries and 17,999 deaths.